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More likely it could be because the lats are responsible for pulling your elbows back, which you should never be doing when you deadlift. This is why the deadlift is a 'lower body' exercise - it's a...

No, which is a relevant point. It's true that most people can row near what they can bench. It's not true that most people can front raise as much as they can straight-arm lat pulldown (antagonists)....

Bench and rows are antagonist movements. Pull-ups and dips are not antagonist movements. The antagonist of a pull-up is an overhead press. The antagonist of a dip is a standing row. I don't...

Tell your spotter how you want them to spot. Most people aren't going to know what to do right off the bat and will generally overparticipate out of concern. If I really really want a spot on...

Pull-ups and rows. Bent over flyes are not a mass exercise..

The lats contract isometrically... deads aren't the way to build up lats as their ROM should theoretically be next to nothing. Not that you shouldn't do deads, but you shouldn't only do deads and...

You can cut out the accessory fluff all you like, but always have a bench and an overhead press in your routine.

I think you could achieve a similar effect by simply reducing your total warm-up volume. There's no need to do 185 10x - instead, why not do a couple triples at that weight? Or even use smaller...

Whichever you do first is going to hinder your second lift. Do them on separate days if you care about maximizing your strength gains on each major compound. Do chins and ohp on shoulder day, rows...

Full ROM leg press puts tremendous strain on the lower back, though. At least for me - I don't even bother with the exercise anymore.

Straight arm lat pulls really get my libido going.

Drop the weight some and really focus on moving the bar fast. Climb back up the weights next workout, hopefully with bar speed intact.

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This is why you don't lift a ton of volume before you hit the working sets. It's okay to lift 1-3 reps as a warmup instead of the 10 you actually could if you were trying to hit near failure. Just do...

Is this not something that happens to everyone? The erectors go rigid when fatigued.

Yes, but we have no idea what percentage of whatever person's 1RM bodyweight X is going to be. This is why bodyweight is a stupid, stupid term. Prescribing 50 BW pull-ups a day could be all too...

Gymnasts aren't doing weighted pullups everyday, and working to increase the amount weighted. Bodyweight exercises are easily one of the worst myths propagated in conventional fitness. Bodyweight is...

I would recommend exactly this. Do a full body routine, but don't try to fit everything known to man in one workout. Come back every couple of days and hit the major compounds from a different angle.

Legs are hard. Much easier to sit/lie on a machine/bench to do anything and everything. Be thankful I guess, since this means nobody uses the squat/power rack. Though, maybe if they did gyms would be...

There's nothing wrong with forward lean - just don't raise your hips faster than your shoulders when you rise out of the bottom (which would be "goodmorning" the weight up). Since your hips are...